Rugby: Injury turns player into full-time coach
Eileen O’Rourke injured her knee during the Sept. 8 game against Purdue. O’Rourke didn’t play another game last season, but will continue to be a part of the team as the new graduate assistant coach. (Karolina Strack/The Daily Eastern News)
Rugby: Injury turns player into full-time coach
It was the biggest day in women’s collegiate rugby history: Sept. 15, 2007. The first-ever game between two NCAA sanctioned schools-the West Chester Bulldogs matched up against the Eastern Illinois Panthers at Lakeside Rugby Field.
Rugby: Injury turns player into full-time coach
Eastern women’s rugby players run around Eileen O’Rourke, the Panthers’ new graduate assistant coach, at practice on Wednesday afternoon at Lakeside Rugby Field. O’Rourke played the last four years on the team. (Karolina Strack/The Daily Eastern News)
